...Aktion ablehnt. In dem offiziellen Dokument über die nationale Sicherheitsstrategie der USA liest man: „While the United States will constantly strive...exercise our right of self-defense by acting preemptively against such terrorists, to prevent them from doing harm against our people and our country."4 Ist...

...interests at home and abroad by identifying and destroying the threat before it reaches our borders. While the United States will constantly strive to...exercise our right of self-defense by acting preemptively against such terrorists, to prevent them from doing harm against our people and our country; and —denying...

...interests at home and abroad by identifying and destroying the threat before it reaches our borders. While the United States will constantly strive to...exercise our right of selfdefense by acting preemptively against such terrorists, to prevent them from doing harm against our people and our country; and •...

...interests at home and abroad by identifying and destroying the threat before it reaches our borders. While the United States will constantly strive to...exercise our right of self-defense by acting preemptively against such terrorists, to prevent them from doing harm against our people and our country; and denying...

...no. 56, October 2002, pp. 45. 20. Thereafter reaffirmed in the National Security Strategy (September 2002): 'While the United States will constantly strive...act alone, if necessary, to exercise our right of self-determination by acting pre-emptively against [...] terrorists, to prevent them from doing harm...

...interests at home and abroad by identifying and destroying the threat before it reaches our borders. While the United States will constantly strive to...act alone, if necessary, to exercise our right of self defense by acting preemptively against such terrorists, to prevent them from doing harm against...

...self-defense, America will act against such emerging threats before they are fully formed." While Washington "will constantly strive to enlist the support of the...our right of self-defense by acting preemptively" against the threat confronting the nation and, indeed, the world. "We must be prepared to stop rogue...

...new world order cannot guarantee an era of perpetual peace. But enduring peace must be our mission. We will not hesitate to act alone, if necessary, to...exercise our right of selfdefense by acting preemptively . . . our best defense is a good offense. . . .We must adapt the concept of imminent threat to the...

...first strike military strategy. 8 6 In a frequently quoted passage, the strategy statement asserts that "we will not hesitate to act alone, if necessary,...our right of self-defense by acting preemptively... against terrorists." Similarly, the administration's primary response to the threat of nuclear weapons...

...military”. 36 The strategy document indicated a shift towards pre-emption and announced that the US would “not hesitate to act alone, if necessary, to exercise...our right of self-defense by acting pre-emptively against such terrorists, to prevent them from doing harm against our people and our country”. Among...